Montero On Boxing

In episode #111 of 'The Neutral Corner', Michael Montero discusses the rumors of a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Mike Alvarado, and how the Canelo-GGG2 replay on May 12th might push a fight between Jorge Linares and Vasyl Lomachenko back. Next, Montero previews two weeks of upcoming bouts including George Groves vs Chris Eubank Jr, Devon Alexander vs Victor Ortiz, Danny Garcia vs Brandon Rios, Callum Smith vs Juergen Braehmer, and a complete breakdown of the entire "Superfly 2" card in Los Angeles.

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In episode #110 of The Neutral Corner, Michael Montero talks about Floyd Mayweather's MMA videos on social media, Canelo-Golovkin rematch venue possibilities, upcoming fights and more strange rulings from the WBA. Next, Montero reviews all the action from last week including cards from ShowBox, O2 Arena in London, a Top Rank on ESPN card from Corpus Christi, Texas, another great World Boxing Super Series production from Sochi, Russia, and action from Okinawa, Japan. Murat Gassiev, Gilberto Ramirez, Jerwin Ancajas, Daigo Higa and others scored wins from around the world.

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In episode #109 of "The Neutral Corner", Michael Montero breaks down the Canelo-Golovkin rematch and Showtime/PBC's loaded spring schedule being announced, reviews wins by Oleksandr Usyk in Latvia and Jorge Linares and Lucas Matthysse in Los Angeles, then previews all of this week's action including a Friday night ShoBox card, a Matchroom card from London, a Top Rank on ESPN card from Texas, and the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight semifinal from Russia, Murat Gassiev vs. Yunier Dorticos.

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In episode #108 of 'The Neutral Corner', Michael Montero talks about rumors of a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Vasyl Lomachenko, the return of "The Contender", and several fights coming together in the spring including two heavyweight championship bouts in March. Next, Montero reviews a very impressive win by Errol Spence and a not so impressive win by Robert Easter in Brooklyn on Showtime last Saturday. Lastly, Montero previews the World Boxing Super Series semi-finals match up between Oleksandr Usyk and Marius Briedis, as well as the Golden Boy Promotions card from Los Angeles featuring Jorge Linares and Lucas Matthysse.

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In episode #107 of The Neutral Corner, Michael Montero goes over a ton of news and notes including Dana White beefing with everyone, upcoming fights: Dillian Whyte vs Lucas Browne, Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker, Jeff Horn vs Terence Crawford, Amir Khan signing a 3 fight deal with Eddie Hearn, Naoya Inoue moving up in weight, and more craziness from the WBC. Lastly, Montero previews the first title defense by Errol Spence against Lamont Peterson at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Showtime.

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In episode 106 of The Neutral Corner, Michael Montero responds to endless accusations of bias against Premier Boxing Champions, and looks at the loaded schedule for early 2018. Next, he reviews wins by Jeff Horn in Australia, Alexander Povetkin in Russia, John Molina and Jessie Vargas in California, and Billy Joe Saunders in Canada. Also, a quick preview of scheduled bouts to close out a great year in boxing including Naoya Inoue and other action from Japan.

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In this episode of The Neutral Corner, Michael Montero talks about new hall of fame class inductees Erik Morales, WInky Wight and Vitali Klitschko, reviews an upset win for Jean Pascal over Ahmed Elbiali, Luis Ortiz back in the ring and calling out Deontay Wilder, Caleb Truax scoring a huge upset over James DeGale, wins by Lee Selby, Francisco Vargas and Kenichi Ogawa, Miguel Roman sending Orlando Salido into retirement, and Vasyl Lomachenko outclassing Guillermo Rigondeaux, who shamelessly quit on his stool after six one-sided rounds on ESPN.

Next, Montero previews fight cards from around the world on Wednesday (Jeff Horn defending his title on ESPN3), Thursday (Diego De La Hoya headlining an ESPN Golden Boy Promotions card), Friday (Alexander Povetkin fights for the WBO mandatory spot in Russia and Jessie Vargas headlines a PBC on FS1 card), and of course, Saturday, where Billy Joe Saunders defends his middleweight title against David Lemieux in Quebec.

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In episode #104 of "The Neutral Corner", Michael Montero discusses news involving Manny Pacquiao, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua, as well as the WBC. Next, he reviews wins by Lamont Roach, Rey Vargas and Sadam Ali, who upset Miguel Cotto in his farewell bout at Madison Square Garden. Then, Montero previews another FoxSports1 card, a Frank Warren card from London featuring Lee Selby, James DeGale, Anthony Yarde and Daniel Dubois, an interesting HBO card from Mandalay Bay headlining by Orlando Salido facing Miguel Roman, plus one of the most important fights of the year between Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux in New York.

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In this episode of The Neutral Corner, Michael Montero talks about another David Haye injury, the early 2018 schedule coming together, reviews of all the action around the world over the last two weeks including wins by Carl Frampton, Jerwin Ancajas, Sullivan Barrera and Sergey Kovalev, plus a preview of the Miguel Cotto vs Sadam Ali card from Madison Square Garden in New York.

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In this episode of The Neutral Corner (part 2), Michael Montero previews two weeks worth of upcoming action from around the world.

11/16: Golden Boy boxing on ESPN2 from Cancun, Mexico

11/17: PBC on FS1 featuring Anthony DIrrell, Flint, MI, USA

11/18: Carl Frampton vs Horacio Garcia, Belfast, Northern Ireland

11/18: Julian Williams vs Ishe Smith, Las Vegas, USA

11/21: PBC on FS1, return of Devon Alexander

11/24: Chayaphon Moonsri vs Tatsuya Fukuhara, Thailand

11/25: Sergey Kovalev vs Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, Jason Sosa vs Yuriorkis Gamboa, Sullivan Barrera vs Felix Valera, New York, USA (HBO)

11/25: Manuel Charr vs Alexander Ustinov, Germany

11/27: Sergey Kuzmin vs Amir Mansour, Moscow, Russia

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